Where does “brumărel” come from?
brumărel (Romanian) comes from Romanian brumar, from Romanian brumă, from Latin brūma, from Latin brevima, from Latin brevis, from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.
brumărel (Romanian): October
Definitions
- October
Ancestry of “brumărel”, step by step
brumărel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian brumar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | brumar | November |
| 2 | Romanian | brumă | frost; rime, hoarfrost |
| 3 | Latin | brūma | the winter solstice |
| 4 | Latin | brevima | the shortest |
| 5 | Latin | brevis | short, small, little, narrow; brief, short;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *breɣʷis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |